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Labour Contractors

Construction management software for labour contractors

Every man-day marked, every man-day billed.

Your money is in man-days, and man-days are easy to lose. Workers are spread across sites, attendance sits in separate registers, and when it is time to bill the main contractor somebody reconciles musters against memory. Every man-day you cannot prove is a man-day you do not get paid for.

Labour ContractorsHow a day runs on buildcontrol
1
Workers are marked on site
Attendance taken at each site, by category, from the supervisor's phone.
2
Man-days add up automatically
Every site's count rolls up live, so you know today's deployment and cost.
3
Wages calculate from attendance
Rates, overtime and advances flow straight from the marked days.
4
The client bill is ready
Man-days by date and category are already there when you raise it.
The problem

What actually goes wrong

These are the four things that come up in almost every conversation with a labour contractors team.

Man-day billing is a reconciliation exerciseCounts for the client bill are pieced together from muster registers at month-end, and any man-day you cannot show gets cut.
Deployment is a guessWorkers move between sites and clients, so who is where today, and at what cost, is never quite clear.
Wages and advances get tangledRates, overtime and advances are tracked on paper per worker, so payout day is slow and disputes are common.
The client's count never matches yoursThe main contractor's record and yours drift apart, and without dated proof the argument goes their way.
Modules that matter most

Start with these four

buildcontrol has eleven modules, but you do not need all of them on day one. For your kind of work, these carry the weight.

Attendance Management

Man-days per site by category, so you know today's deployment and the exact count every bill is built on.

Explore module

HRMS Complete

Wages, overtime, advances and payslips calculated straight from attendance, so payout day stops being a spreadsheet night.

Explore module

Payment Management

Client man-day bills on one side, worker advances and dues on the other, with running balances you can trust.

Explore module

Daily Worksheet

A dated, photographed record of the work your crew did each day, the proof behind every man-day you claim.

Explore module
Add later, once the first four are running
  • Petty Cash for site-level spend
  • Task Management if you also assign work to crews
  • Reports & Dashboards for utilisation across sites
Probably not for you: Material and Equipment modules are built for firms that own stock and machinery, so pure labour contractors usually leave them switched off.
How it runs

One day, end to end

1

Workers are marked on site

Attendance taken at each site, by category, from the supervisor's phone.

2

Man-days roll up live

Every site's count feeds one running total, so deployment and cost stay current.

3

Work is logged for proof

The day's work and photos sit against each site, backing up the man-days claimed.

4

Wages calculate automatically

Rates, overtime and advances apply to the marked days, ready for payout.

5

The client bill goes out

Man-days by date and category are there to raise the bill and settle receipts.

Who uses it

Every role, one system

Access is controlled by role, so people see what they need and nothing else.

RoleWhat they do in buildcontrol
Owner / DirectorMan-days billed, receivables and wage cost across every site
Operations ManagerDeployment, utilisation and client-wise man-day counts
Site SupervisorAttendance, worker count and the daily day sheet
HR / PayrollRates, overtime, advances, payslips and statutory records
AccountsMan-day bills, wage payouts, advances and client receipts
Questions

Questions we get from labour contractors

Attendance per site gives you the exact man-days by category and date. That is the record your man-day bill is built from, and what survives the client's check.
Yes. Each site is separate, with its own attendance and billing, while you keep a combined view of every worker and where they are deployed.
Yes. Attendance feeds wage calculation, and advances and deductions are tracked per worker, so the payout and the running balance are always clear.
Attendance is marked from the supervisor's phone in a few taps and syncs when the phone gets a connection, so a weak signal delays the upload, not the record.
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